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Asher Brown Durand
Asher Brown Durand (1796–1886) was an American engraver and landscape painter of the Hudson River School, called the dean of American landscape painting after Thomas Cole's death in 1848.
Asher Keddie
Asher Keddie, Australian actress and producer, star of Offspring, Love My Way, Paper Giants, Strife, and Fake; 2013 Gold Logie winner and five-time Logie recipient who moved into producing with Made Up Stories.
Asher Roth
Asher Roth (born 1985, Morrisville, Pennsylvania) is an American rapper behind the 2009 hit "I Love College" and the number 5 Billboard debut album Asleep in the Bread Aisle; later independent albums include RetroHash (2014) and Flowers on the Weekend (2020).
Asher White
Asher White (born 2000, Evanston, Illinois) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist; prolific Bandcamp self-releaser from age 14, later signed to Ba Da Bing! and Joyful Noise (New Excellent Woman, 8 Tips for Full Catastrophe Living, Love Aggregates), distinct from unrelated artists named Asher.
Asherah
Asherah (Ugaritic Athirat, Hebrew asherah) is a West Semitic goddess, wife of El at Ugarit and mother of the gods; in the Hebrew Bible the word mostly names a wooden cult object, and eighth-century BCE inscriptions pairing Yahweh with his asherah fuel an ongoing consort-versus-symbol debate.
Asherah pole
Asherah pole (Hebrew asherah, plural asherim): wooden pole or sacred tree symbolizing the goddess Asherah in ancient Israelite religion, attested in the Hebrew Bible and 8th-century BCE Kuntillet Ajrud and Khirbet el-Qom inscriptions; debated as goddess versus Yahweh's cult object.
Asherat Colles
Asherat Colles is a 500-km-wide colles (hill) terrain on Venus at 12°N, 162°E, in quad v25, named in 2003 by the IAU for the Phoenician goddess Asherat-of-the-Sea.
Ashere
Ashere is a simple race game played by Yoruba children in twentieth-century Nigeria, on seven concentric circles or squares with four players; movement depends on guessing which hand hides a stick, and the first to reach the central circle wins.
Asherman's syndrome
Asherman's syndrome (intrauterine adhesions, synechiae) is uterine scarring after D&C, infection, or tuberculosis, causing amenorrhea, infertility, and pregnancy complications; diagnosed by hysteroscopy, treated by hysteroscopic adhesiolysis.
Ashes (2026 film)
Ashes (Ceniza en la boca), 2026 drama directed by Diego Luna, adapted from Brenda Navarro's novel; premiered Cannes Special Screenings; Anna Díaz plays Lucila, a Mexican migrant reuniting with her mother in Madrid.
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds (Popiół i diament), 1958 Andrzej Wajda film from Jerzy Andrzejewski's novel, starring Zbigniew Cybulski as Home Army assassin Maciek Chełmicki; Polish Film School landmark, Venice FIPRESCI winner.
Ashes of Glory
Ashes of Glory is a 2025 American short-form revenge and corporate thriller series on DramaBox, following Lilith Boyd, betrayed by her sister Jessica and husband Isaac.
Ashes of Love (香蜜沉沉烬如霜) (TV series)
Ashes of Love (香蜜沉沉烬如霜), also Heavy Sweetness, Ash-like Frost, is a 2018 Chinese xianxia romance drama adapted from Dian Xian's novel, directed by Zhu Ruibin, starring Yang Zi and Deng Lun, which premiered August 2, 2018 on Jiangsu TV and iQIYI in 63- and 60-episode versions.
Ashes of Time (东邪西毒)
Ashes of Time (东邪西毒) is Wong Kar-wai's 1994 Hong Kong wuxia art film adapted from Jin Yong's The Legend of the Condor Heroes, starring Leslie Cheung as desert middleman Ouyang Feng; shot over two years in Shaanxi, it flopped commercially but won major awards, and was reissued as Redux in 2008.
Ashes of Time Redux
Ashes of Time Redux (東邪西毒：終極版) is Wong Kar-wai's 2008 recut and digital restoration of his 1994 wuxia film Ashes of Time, premiered at Cannes, re-scored with Yo-Yo Ma, shortened to 93 minutes, with seasonal intertitles.
Ashes to Ashes (British TV series)
Ashes to Ashes: BBC One British crime drama sequel to Life on Mars (2008-2010, 3 series, 24 episodes) following DI Alex Drake, shot in 2008, waking in 1981 London with DCI Gene Hunt.
Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie song)
"Ashes to Ashes" is a 1980 David Bowie single from Scary Monsters, a sequel to "Space Oddity" recasting Major Tom as a junkie; UK No. 1, with a landmark £250,000 Pierrot video.
Asheville, NC Metro Area
Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (code 11700): Buncombe, Henderson, and Madison counties in western North Carolina; about 422,000 people, median household income $76,275, recovering from 2024 Hurricane Helene damage.
Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville, North Carolina: county seat of Buncombe County, founded 1797 and named for Governor Samuel Ashe, at the French Broad-Swannanoa confluence. Known for Art Deco downtown, Biltmore Estate, healthcare-led economy, and Hurricane Helene recovery since 2024.
Ashfall (film)
Ashfall, known in Korean as Baekdusan, is a 2019 South Korean disaster action film directed by Lee Hae-jun and Kim Byeong-seo about Mount Baekdu erupting.
Ashfaq Ahmed (athlete)
Ashfaq Ahmed (محمد اشفاق احمد, 1946–2005), Pakistani field hockey inside right, 49 caps, 11 goals; won 1968 Olympic gold, 1970 Asian Games gold, and 1971 first Hockey World Cup. Distinct from cricketers of the same name.
Ashfaq Ahmed (اشفاق احمد)
Ashfaq Ahmed (اشفاق احمد), 1925–2004, Pakistani Urdu fiction writer, playwright, and broadcaster; author of Gadarya and Zavia, host of Talqin Shah, husband of Bano Qudsia, Pride of Performance and Sitara-e-Imtiaz recipient.
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, retired Pakistani general, Chief of Army Staff 2007-2013 after heading ISI from 2004; led Operations Rah-i-Rast and Rah-i-Nijat, shifted army doctrine to counterinsurgency, received a three-year extension in 2010, succeeded by Raheel Sharif.
Ashfaqulla Khan
Ashfaqulla Khan (1900-1927), also known by pen name Hasrat, was an Indian Muslim revolutionary and Urdu poet of the Hindustan Republican Association who co-organized the 1925 Kakori train robbery with Ram Prasad Bismil and was hanged by the British on 19 December 1927.
Ashfield, New South Wales
Ashfield, New South Wales: Inner West Sydney suburb (postcode 2131) in Inner West Council, population 23,012 (2021), Chinese top ancestry at 22.1%, station opened 1855, 23 heritage conservation areas, TOD controls from January 2025. Distinct from Ashfield, England.
Ashford & Simpson
Ashford & Simpson: husband-and-wife R&B songwriting duo Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, who wrote Motown hits like "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and scored their own 1984 No. 1 R&B hit "Solid."
Ashford Castle
Ashford Castle is a five-star castle hotel in Cong, County Mayo, Ireland, dating from 1228 and a Guinness family seat before becoming a hotel in 1939.
Ashford Town (Middlesex) F.C.
Ashford Town (Middlesex) F.C., also known as the Tangerines, is a football club founded in 1958 as Ashford Albion, based at the Robert Parker Stadium in Stanwell. Combined Counties Premier North champions 2025-26 with 81 points, promoted to Isthmian South Central for 2026-27.
Ashford United F.C.
Ashford United F.C., The Nuts & Bolts, an Ashford, Kent football club founded 1891 and re-formed 2011 after Ashford Town folded; plays at The Green Box Stadium, Homelands Park, in the Isthmian League South East Division under manager Craig Stone.
Ashford, Kent
Ashford, England, is a market town and administrative center in Kent on the River Stour, with a market charter of 1243 and railway works from 1848.